| The Year in Review | |
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| World Historian | Feb 27 2010, 02:06 PM Post #1 |
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The Year in Review 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 (To Come Soon) |
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| World Historian | Feb 27 2010, 02:07 PM Post #2 |
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1836 The World in 1836 ![]() January New York City rebuilds following the Great New York Fire of December 1835 Occupation of Tlemcen, French Algerian Conflict 15th - The Ludwigskanal Project is announced 16th and 17th - Battle of Arlabán, Carlist War February 23rd to March 6th - Siege of the Alamo, Texas Revolution 26th - The United States forms official diplomatic relations with Austria 27th - Samuel Colt patents the Colt Revolver in America March 2nd - Texas Declaration of Independence 17th - Japanese Shogun Ienari Tokugawa retires; Ieyoshi Tokugawa named his successor April Scott's campaign, Second Seminole War 21st - Battle of San Jacinto, Texas Revolution May 14th - Peace Treaty signed between the Mexican Empire and the Republic of Texas 26th - U.S. Congress adopts the "Gag Rule" 27th - Austrian Expedition of 1836 sails June 7th - U.S. Congress passes the Distributive Preemption Act of 1836 15th - Arkansas becomes the 25th U.S. state 20th to 24th - Preliminary meeting, Anglo-American Conference of 1836 28th - Battle of Macta, French Algerian Conflict July 6th - Battle of Sikkak, French Algerian Conflict August 21st - Widespread food riots in Japan 22nd - The United States recognizes the Republic of Texas September Opening of Jesup's campaign, Second Seminole War 20th - Battle of Vega de San Cristóbal, Carlist War October Food riots in Japan worsen; a mob of 40,000 peasants attacks Gunndai 29th - Mexico severs relations with the United States November 1836 Election, United States of America; Martin Van Buren wins the Presidency Reorganization of the Interior Ministry in Portugal commences 14th - Belgian-American Trade Agreement announced 23rd - Battle of the Majaceite River, Carlist War 23rd - Portugalete landings, Carlist War December |
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| World Historian | Feb 27 2010, 02:07 PM Post #3 |
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1837 The World in 1837 ![]() January 26th - Michigan becomes the 26th U.S. state February 25th - American Thomas Davenport patents his electromagnetic engine March Austria initiates a railway feasibility study 4th - Martin Van Buren inaugurated as the eighth president of the United States April 20th - Horace Mann becomes secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education May Frenchman Louis Daguerre invents the "Daguerreotype" process of photography 6th - French Tariff Act of 1837 lowering duties on American and British imports passes June Simeon Poisson's lectures on probability and decision theory published 10th - Museum of France at Versailles opens 12th - Broad Street Riot in Boston, Massachusetts 20th - Death of William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover 20th - Alexandrina Victoria becomes Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland July 24th to August 18th - UK General Election of 1837; Whig Government of Lord Melbourne wins August 3rd - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Austria and Great Britain signed in London 24th - The Paris–Saint-Germain-en-Laye line, France's first railway, opens September 21st to October 1st - American merchant ship Morrison attempts to enter Japanese ports; it is fired on and driven away 28th - Samuel Morse applies for a patent on the electrical telegraph October The General Registery Office of the U.K. begins registering all births, deaths and marriages 2nd to 13th - A major hurricane (Racer's Storm) strikes the American Gulf Coast November Queen Victoria moves her official residence from St James's Palace to Buckingham Palace The London Conference on Belgian independence begins 7th - Murder of Elijah Lovejoy, an abolitionist printer, in Alton, Illinois 9th - The United States Exploring Expedition begins its voyage December Canadian Rebellions of 1837 Father Basil Moreau founds the Congregation of Holy Cross in France Belgium passes a law allowing women and children aged four and older to work O Banco de Portugal merges with O Banco de Lisboa and Companhia de Confiança Nacional |
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| World Historian | Feb 27 2010, 02:09 PM Post #4 |
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1838 The World in 1838 ![]() January American Exploring Expedition visits Brazil 5th - U.S. Congress votes to fund Samuel Morse's telegraph 6th - French 1838 Infrastructure Report 27th - Abraham Lincoln speaks at the Young Men's Lyceum in Springfield, IL February March 5th - Campaign of the Army of the North opens up in the Carlist War April 7th - Tebessa captured by French forces May American Exploring Expedition visits Chile Battle of Mechta Debaib el Alfa 17th - Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord June 28th - Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom July Relief of Tebessa 4th - Territory of Iowa split off from Wisconsin Territory August Al-Mahmudiyah Canal reopens in Egypt 6h - Confrontation at Gallatin, MO, sparks the 1838 Mormon war 10th - Diocese of Algiers established September First telegraph line in the world opens between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD Samuel Morse publicly demonsrates the telegraph with the message "What hath God wrought" End of the campaign of the Army of the North, Carlist War 1st - Zachary Taylor assumes command of all American forces engaged in the Seminole war October First British telegraph line enters service with the Great Western Railway 25th - Texas withdraws its application for statehood November 6th - United States congressional elections of 1838 27th - Declaration of War on Mexico by France, initiating 'Pastry' War December Execution of the the leaders of the Upper and Lower Canadian Rebellions Blockade of Mexican ports by the French Caribbean fleet 10th - Mirabeau B. Lamar inaugurated as second president of Texas 15th - Swartwout scandal breaks in New York |
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| World Historian | Feb 27 2010, 04:09 PM Post #5 |
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1839 The World in 1839 ![]() January Ongoing: The Aroostook War 1st - Franco-Anglo Tariff Reduction Agreement 12th - Yoshiatsu Tokugawa becomes the Shogun of Japan 25th - Texas adopts the new "Lone Star" flag 26th - Franco-Belgian Tariff Reduction Agreement February Alfred Krupps invents the Spoon Roller 7th - Henry Clay delivers a landmark address on slavery 12th - Baron Meer takes Ager, Carlist War 17th to 19th - Suppression of "Apostolics," Carlist extremists March 9th - End of the Pastry War between France and Mexico 12th - Treaty of London, establishing Belgian independence, is signed 27th - Oriental Crisis of 1839 begins with Egypt's attack on the Ottoman Empire April Convention of Lécera/Segura Lin Zexu publishes his open letter to Queen Victoria 2nd - Egyptians capture Dortyol 10th - Battle of Ceyhan 16th - Ottoman fleet defects to Alexandria 21st to May 11 - Siege of Adana May U.S. Exploring Expedition visits Fiji Belgium adopts a standardized gauge for railroads Anglo-Brazilian Trade Agreement of 1839 2nd - Maiden voyage of the SS Archimedes 3rd - Ottomans advance on Antakya 11th - Adana falls to Ibrahim Pasha 15th - Anglo-Belgian Trade Agreement of 1839 18th - British and Austrian forces land on Crete 27th to 29th - Battle of Dortyol June Panic of 1839 begins in the United States Anglo-Swedish Trade Agreement of 1839 signed Sir Robert Peel becomes the Prime Minister of Great Britain 10th - Battle of the Gulf of Alexandretta 12th - Bombardment of Arsuz harbor 21st - Adana liberated by the Ottomans July Kowloon Incident, China Establishment of the Province of Canada 14th - Battle of Islahiye; Ottoman army annihilated 25th to 30th - Battle of Beirut 27th - James Clark Ross departs on his voyage to explore Antarctica August Swedish-Norwegian exploration mission to the South Sandwich Islands departs 4th - Michael Faraday publishes a treatise on electricity 8th - Egypt captures Gaziantep 25th - Amistad affair begins in the U.S. 28th - Ibrahim Pasha retakes Adana 28th to 31st - Eglinton Medieval Tournament in Scotland September U.S. Exploring Expedition arrives in Hawaii Swedish-Norwegian-Danish Alliance announced October Anglo-Dutch Trade Agreement of 1839 13th - Belgian parliament votes to improve the national road system 14th - Publicity reform of the Austrian judicial system 19th - Texas capital moved to Austin November Postal Reform Act passes in the United Kingdom Convention on Property and Emigration Taxes between Sweden-Norway and America 1st - Construction on the New York City sewer system begins 11th - The Virginia Military Institute is founded 14th - Treaty of Christiania on Svalbard December Prussian Telegraph Manufacturer company is established 4th to 13th - Whig National Convention meets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17th - Midway Island discovered by the American Exploring Squadron 25th - Death of King Charles XIV & John III of Sweden-Norway |
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| World Historian | Mar 19 2010, 02:45 AM Post #6 |
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1840 The World in 1840 ![]() January Convention Between the United States of America and Prussia Convention Between the United States of America and Bavaria End of the Seminole War in Florida 6th - French Coal Survey of 1839 completed 14th - Sinking of the Steamship Lexington in Long Island Sound 18th - Kairaku-en commissioned in the Mito Domain, Tokugawa Shogunate 20th - Discovery of Adélie Land by Monsieur Dumont D'Urville February Beginning of Egyptian Drought of 1840 U.S. Exploring Expedition arrives in Oregon 18th - The U.S. Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act 24th - Executions of the ringleaders of the Newport Rising March End of the Oriental Crisis of 1839 French Offensive in Algeria, Saida captured Administrative Reform of Nicholas I of Russia Early Russian military actions in Central Asia 9th - The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, the world's longest railroad, opens for business in North Carolina 10th - Marriage of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 16th - Karachi annexed by the Honourable East India Company April The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is granted royal status in Great Britain Washingtonian Temperance Society founded in Baltimore, Maryland Ottoman Empire introduces banknotes Ibrahim Pasha arrives back in Egypt May Reconstruction of the Royal Exchange in London begins Construction of the new Palace of Westminster in London begins Regional reorganization of the Province of Canada Education reforms of Uvarov and Kiselyov in Russia The Melnikov Expedition to Western Europe and America First meeting of the Russian Committee for the Improvement of the Lives of the Peasantry Financial Reform of George von Cancrin in Russia Count Karl Nesselrode is appointed as Russian Imperial Chancellor Austria initiates a study into the benefits of clearing the Danube Reopening of Alexandria and the Overland Route to India by Egypt 7th - The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi June Parliament of Great Britain passes the Royal Dockyard Act Ottoman Irrigation Projects of the Near East commence Ottoman Coal Mining Survey near Eregli 6th - Transfer of Saint Barthélemy from Sweden-Norway to Great Britain 7th - Death of King Frederick William III of Prussia 25th-28th - Battle of Chusan, Anglo-Chinese War July End of the Carlist War in Spain Work on the Prussian Infrastructure Project commences Swedish expedition to Africa begins 19th - Battle of the Barrier, Anglo-Chinese War 21st - The U.S. Congress passes the Independent Treasury Act of 1840 August Conference of the German States Opens September Creation of the Ottoman Sirket-i Hayriye (Auspicious Navigation Company) Administrative Reform of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Military Reforms of Ibrahim Pasha Economic Reforms of Ibrahim Pasha 30th - Napoleon's remains returned to France October French Offensive in Algeria, Ain Sefra captured November Panama Declares its Independence from New Granada 7th - 1840 Election, United States of America; William Henry Harrison wins the Presidency 21st - Birth of Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa of Great Britain at Buckingham Palace December King Frederick William IV visits St. Petersburg Discussions of a potential Alliance between The Netherlands and Prussia begin Report of the Parliamentary Commission on the Government of India published 13th - King William I of the Netherlands announces his abdication of the Dutch Throne |
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| World Historian | Mar 29 2010, 11:17 AM Post #7 |
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1841 The World in 1841 ![]() January Treaty of Athens between Greece and the Russian Empire Russia announces the creation of its Mediterranean Fleet at Salamis Bay, beginning the Greek Crisis Prussia begins linking its government ministries in Berlin by telegraph 7th - Second Battle of Chuenpee, Opium War February Expansion of the Canton School system in Russia Russian Siberian and Alaskan exploration mission announced Committee for the Improvement of the Lives of the Peasantry reports its findings in St. Petersburg Russia lodges a formal protest with the Austrian government over its concerns about the Greek naval base 3rd - U.S. Navy dispatches gunboats to the Caribbean in the wake of the Panamanian Revolution March Russia begins a partial mobilization of its army in response to the Greek Crisis; Austria quickly follows 4th - William Henry Harrison inaugurated as President of the United States 9th - U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the African slaves in the Amistad case April The United Kingdom removes duties on stamps and newspapers Prussia begins mobilizing its armed forces and calls and emergency international conference in Berlin King Otto of Greece issues an edict expelling all Russian personnel from his country, charging them with an attempted coup Austria issues a formal diplomatic protest to Russia 24th - Squire Whipple receives U.S. Patent 2064 for his iron bridge truss design May Talks in London between the Russian and British empires; Russia announces potential resolution of the Greek Crisis 8th - U.S. and Panama finalize their treaty of commerce and mutual assistance 31st - Special session of Congress begins in Washington June Russian Chancellor Nesselrode arrives in Berlin British Mediterranean Fleet arrives off Salamis Bay British House of Lords passes a motion of no confidence in the Conservative Government ; Lord Melbourne becomes Prime Minister 22nd - Texas Santa Fe Expedition departs 22nd - War breaks out between Russia, Austria and Great Britain 26th - Death of Ienari Tokugawa in Japan 28th - France declares war on Russia July Karl Nesselrode dismissed as Imperial Chancellor of Russia Ottomans close the Straits of Constantinople to foreign warships Return of the Ottoman industrial expedition to the United Kingdom 4th - Americans take control of Alaska from Russia 7th - Battle of Salamis, Greece 20th - Battle of Breslau March, Polish Campaign 22nd - King Leopold and citizens of Belgium celebrate the 10th anniversary of independence 23rd - French Industrialist Group issues its report to the king 25th - Leopold I begins a study of squalor in Belgium's cities 28th-29th - Raid on Kovno (Kaunas) August First Institute of Preschool Education (Kindergarten) established in Prussia 6th - U.S. Congress passes the National Banking Act of 1841, reestablishing the BUS 7th-8th - First Battle of Lodz 19th - Battle of the Vistula 23rd-24th - Second Battle of Lodz September 1st-13th - Szeged Campaign, Hungary 10th-14th - Battle of Wloclawek 20th - Battle of Dabie October Dorr "Rebellion" begins in Rhode Island, United States 7th - British take Petropavlovsk November 5th-13th - Third Battle of Lodz 7th - Creole Affair begins between the United States and Great Britain 9th - Queen Victoria gives birth to Prince Albert Edward at Buckingham Palace 10th - British land at Okhotsk December Chemical Society of London established London Library, the first public library of the city, opens The British Royal Commission on the State of India reports its findings to Parliament 5th - Battle of Bomarsund, Baltic Sea 5th - Battle of Naama, French Algerian Conflict 7th - William Henry Harrison delivers the annual executive message to Congress 10th - Fall of Bomarsund Fortress to British and Coalition forces 13th - Sam Houston inaugurated as the President of Texas 23rd - U.S. Congress passes the Civil Service Reform Act of 1841 |
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| World Historian | Apr 26 2010, 03:22 AM Post #8 |
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1842 The World in 1842 ![]() January 4th - U.S. President William Henry Harrison dies in office; John Tyler succeeds him February 9th - President Tyler vetoes original Whig tariff bill March Commonwealth v. Hunt case legalizes labor unions in America 5th - Mexican troops under Rafael Vásquez appear before San Antonio 10th - U.S. Exploring Expedition returns to New York 23 - President Tyler vetoes second Whig tariff bill; in response, the Whigs expel him from their party April 11th - American cabinet resigns en masse (excluding Daniel Webster) May Boer Republic of Natalia annexed by Great Britain as the colony of Natal British India begins transition from Company Rule 8th - Versailles rail disaster 10th - Treaty of Vienna ending the War of the Grand Coalition June Webster-Ashburton Treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America End of the Dorr "Rebellion" in Rhode Island Royal Institution of Mechanical Engineers established in Britain Establishment of the State Bank of the Russian Empire July British Navigation Acts repealed 9th - 1842 Election of French legislature 11th - Cushing mission to China approved 13th - Death of Ferdinand-Philippe of France 30th - President Tyler recognizes Hawaii, extends Monroe Doctrine to Pacific August Serfdom abolished in the Russian territories of Siberia and the Far East Scandinavian-Prussian Trading Company established September 11th - Mexicans sack San Antonio 18th - Battle at Salado Creek; Dawson Massacre 20th - British General Election 25th - Marriage of Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland to Princess Maria Amélia 28th - Panama Railroad opens 30th - Prussian-American Line Established October November Austrian Serfdom Act of 1842 passed 8th - American Congressional midterm elections December Ottoman Education Reforms 7th - Philharmonic Society of New York holds its first concert |
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| World Historian | May 15 2010, 03:46 AM Post #9 |
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1843 The World in 1843 ![]() January Prussian Ministry of Justice begins modernizing its police force Russian reconstruction program in Poland expands February Devon Commission on Ireland makes its report Russian migration to Siberia begins March Prussian Committee of the State formed One hundredth anniversary of the Academy of Erlangen, Bavaria 1st - France declares war on Morocco and begins an invasion 25th - Thames Tunnel opens in London April Construction of the Kananiya and Saklawya Canals, Ottoman Empire "The Great Migration" to Oregon begins, United States 18th - Battle of Isly, Moroccan War 25th - Princess Alice Maud Mary of Great Britain is born May 5th - Construction on new artillery foundries in Kagoshima, Japan approved 20th - 1843 Treaty of Vienna on the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire June 6th - Queensland officially proclaimed a separate Crown Colony 9th - Beginning of the Second Quasi-War 14th - Franco-Austrian Conference on Italy meets July Commencement of Construction on the Ruhmeshalle, Bavaria Second Quasi-War: Russia severs relations with and embargoes Prussia, Austria, France and other countries 2nd - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the Germanic Custom Union and Austria 3rd - Treaty of Wanghia between the United States and China 23rd - Battle of Alaska Gulf, Second Quasi-War August Transfer of the Canadian Red River Colony to Crown rule approved by the British Parliament Transfer of the HEIC to Crown rule formally takes place Anglo-French Economic Agreement of 1843 23rd - Battle of Oued M'jer, Moroccan War September An unusual odor permeates Brussels for several days, prompting action on public sanitation Belgium reduces taxes on salt and metals Prussia begins raising Polish units for the Prussian Army October 1st - Daniel Webster resigns as U.S. Secretary of State over disputes with President Tyler about Texas November 25th - 'Iron Rhine' railroad connecting the Ruhr and Antwerp opens December Argentina bans slavery British Royal Mathematical Society established Portuguese Industrialization Initiative begins |
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| World Historian | May 15 2010, 03:46 AM Post #10 |
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1844 The World in 1844 ![]() January French Industrial Exhibition opens End of the French Algerian War Denmark begins a comprehensive road-paving program Abdication of Bavarian King Ludwig I 3rd - Treaty of Milan between Austria, France and Piedmont-Sardinia 20th - SS Great Western crosses the Atlantic in record time February March 1st - Marshal Valee becomes the French Algerian governor-general 12th - United States and Republic of Texas sign the 1844 Texas treaty of annexation 20th - Coronation of King Maximilian II of Bavaria 21st - First end of the world date predicted by William Miller April 1st - Marriage of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria to Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria May 1st - Marriage of Princess Hildegard of Bavaria to Archduke Albert of Austria 8th - Beginning of the Philadelphia Nativist Riots June 1844 Mormon War begins in Illinois Hungarian Trade Act of 1844 removes duties on Austrian trade Defeat of the British Education Bill in the House of Commons 8th - U.S. Senate rejects the Texas annexation treaty July The Feldherrnhalle is completed in Munich High Court of St. Petersburg declares that Russian serfs are tied to the land, not to landowners 19th - Launch of the SS Great Britain August Silesian Weavers Revolt, Prussia 7th - Birth of Prince Alfred, United Kingdom 15th - Construction on The Bavaria Statue commences 20th - John Tyler withdraws from the 1844 presidential election 30th - Treaty between the United States and the Russian Empire, end of Second Quasi-War September 6th - Battle of Sidi Abdeljelil, Moroccan War October 14th - Moroccans retake Rabat 22nd - "The Great Disappointment" occurs, Millerite movement November December U.S. Congress repeals the "Gag Rule" 4th - Democrat James K. Polk wins the 1844 U.S. presidential election 9th - Anson Jones succeeds Sam Houston as the president of Texas |
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| World Historian | May 23 2010, 11:03 AM Post #11 |
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1845 The World in 1845 ![]() January 8th - 30th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans 11th - French Marine Nationale Construction and Refitting Act passes February 2nd - Treaty of Copenhagen between Prussia and Denmark signed 8th - Treaty between the United States and the Austrian Empire signed 10th - French Algerian Colonial Development Act passes 18th - U.S. Congress votes to annex Texas March Prussian reforms in Poland 3rd - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state 16th - Metropolitan France Communications and Specialization Act passed April A major earthquake strikes Mexico City 15th - Treaty of Nice between France and Piedmont-Sardinia signed May Cairo Conference on a potential Suez Canal begins Battles of Toichubek and Ak-Mechet, Russian Central Asian war Restoration of Russian-Prussian relations 16th - The Netherlands halts all work on the canal from Amsterdam to Rotterdam June A massive potato crop failure strikes Europe Sweden-Norway passes a bill conferring joint citizenship on all citizens Relief Bill for Ireland and the Highlands passed China bans persecution of Christians 5th - Fire in Edo Castle, Japan 8th - Death of Andrew Jackson 30th - Austrian handover of Lombardy to the Italian states July Egypt begins constructing new forts along the Nile Delta 4th - The Republic of Texas approves annexation by the United States 11th - Reenactment of the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Belgium 19th - Comprehensive structural reform of the Dutch government begins August Royal Navy blockade of Egypt begins, in response to the Cairo talks U.S. Navy squadron under Commodore Perry arrives in Edo harbor, Japan 25th - Education Bill passes the British Parliament 28th - Rufus M. Porter begins publishing Scientific American September 2nd - U.S.-Japanese treaty signed aboard the USS Missouri in Edo bay, officially opening Japan 23rd - Formation of the New York Knickerbockers baseball club October 13th - A popular referendum in Texas approves annexation to the United States 15th - Prussian and allied fleet maneuvers in the North Sea begin 28th - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed November 3rd - Emperor Ninko of Japan falls ill December "Window tax" abolished in Britain Fall of the Mexican Herrera government 29th - Texas is formally admitted as the 28th American state |
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